have three dwarf hamsters (to black ones and a white/brown one) and they're in two different cages - the older black one with the white and brown one and obviously the small black one in a separate cage right next to the big one.
the reason they're separated because the small black one when into the big cage and the big black one followed her around and the small black one climbed on the edges of the cage and when i put my hand in the cage to give them fresh food, she climbed up my arm to get out. then last night, i put them both on my bed and let them climb around and the same thing happened, but they just walked around together until i heard a squeek and saw them fighting. so i put them in their separate cages again and right away they ran to the edges and chewed on the bars like they were trying to get back to each other, even though they didn't get along.
SOOOOO, the question is, in a couple days (probably tuesday) i'm getting a big cage (one of the ones with tubes and 2 levels and everything since they all seem pretty bored in their normal cages and the ball), would the small black one and the big black one that didn't get along stay away from each other in there or do you think they'd still fight?
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It is not advisable to house dwarf hamsters of different ages with each other. They need to be the same age to help avoid any fights. Since they have already fought once, why let this happen again by thinking about putting them together? Leave the younger one alone in it's cage and put the other 2 who already have been together in the new cage. Are they all females or some males? I wouldn't suggest breeding if you have both sexes. Dwarf hamster are even harder to get homes for then with the larger Syrian breed. Iknow this from experience and from visiting my favorite pet stor that used to sell them, but only could sell 1 or 2 a month verses 30+ Syrians a month.
We have a dwarf that was blinded and had half it's face torn off in a fight with his dad. They too had gotten along for months, but the son attacked the dad and lost, but lived. The dad has since passed, but the son will be 18 months Tuesday (6/5). They all were kept together from birth so it wasn't like they were just introduced.
I wanted to also let you know that dwarfs are prone to getting cancer and diabetes. The diabetes can somewhat be avoided through diet unless one of the parents already has it and passed the diabetes to the baby. They should never be fed any corn, peas, carrots, commercial treats, anything with any type of sugar (corn syrup, sugar, honey, or mollases), or any fruits. These foods are all to high either in natural sugar or with processed sugars. Out of the 28-30 dwarfs I've had in the last 3 years, we've had 12 with cancer all of them were related but 1 and she passed her gene for cancer to her offspring and some of them got it too. We decided to keep all the offspring of those who had cancer which was all of them. 7 are still living at nearly 18 months old. Think about how long they live too (1-2 yrs).
I've tried this before and it didn't work with my two dwarf hamsters. I think they have to be in the same litter or raised together in order to be in the same cage together. The two that already obviously don't like each other with start fighting again. I learned the hard way.
i dont think space is the issue.
in general, hamsters like to be alone.(i have only had teddy-bear hamters)
maybe they are breeding? or fighting for the attentions of the other hamster? if they are the same sex(all of them) they will continue to fight because no matter how big the cage is, they will smell eachother and see eachother occasionally.
it really sounds like they are male and female, though. look forward to babies!
Hamsters do not go together they like it alone they will kill each other and then you will only have one or none!
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